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Rand Paul Smacks Down TSA Administrator John Pistole

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee put Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole through his paces today, with Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) getting in some good questions and digs. Here’s the video: And transcript: SENATOR RAND PAUL: Currently the invasive pat-down searches are random and not based on risk assessment? JOHN S. PISTOLE , Administrator of the Transportation… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 22/06/2011 19:11 Number of articles : 3

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Carbon-Neutral Sail-Powered Cargo Ships Scheduled to Return to European Waters in 2012

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Carbon-Neutral Sail-Powered Cargo Ships Scheduled to Return to European Waters in 2012

image: B9 Energy What comes after fossil fuel powered containers shipping is a pet topic of mine to contemplate and a new story from CNN on what the folks at B9 Energy (primarily a wind power company…) are planning in the way of carbon-neutral three-masted cargo ships is really pretty inspiring–even if some of the react and contextual quotes in the article show a decided lack of vision. But the ultra-cool you’ve got to go backward to progress cargo ship first…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Revenge of the Electric Car (Official Trailer!)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Revenge of the Electric Car (Official Trailer!)

Coming in the Spring of 2011 As promised , now that the Revenge of the Electric Car facebook fan page has reach… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Toyota Prius to Become Japan’s Best-Selling Car Ever, Unseating the Corolla!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Toyota Prius to Become Japan’s Best-Selling Car Ever, Unseating the Corolla!

Photo: Michael (mx5tx) , Flickr, CC Who’d Have Thunk It 10 Years Ago? The Toyota Prius hybrid has been on fire (not literally) in its home market of Japan ever since it was redesigned for the 2010 model year. It has been the #1 best-selling car in the land of the rising sun for the past 18 months, and it eve… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Turning More Heads Than a Tesla? The Beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Turning More Heads Than a Tesla? The Beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan

Photo: Takayanagi Will Ship Next Spring Some electric cars try to be as practical and mass-market as possible, while others aim for uniqueness and beautiful design (maybe someday we’ll have a combination of both). The Takayanagi Miluira Retro EV definitely falls in the second category. The electric 1-seater looks kind of like a car from the 1920s with a bit of steampunk aes… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on "Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity

Manure, runny. Image credit: USDA Synthetic fertilizer is likely to become significantly more costly for US farmers. This trend will make manure a valuable commodity once again (as it was prior to the 1950s). There are two main reasons for the anticipated cost rise. 1.) Traditional US natural gas production has already gone ‘past peak,’ while natural gas is increasingly needed for producing electricity. * (Ammonia fertilizer is made from natural gas, remember.) If a Federal climate bill is ever passed, the transition from coal- to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Simple Ideas for Making Transportation More Efficient

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Simple Ideas for Making Transportation More Efficient

Photo credit: cdsessums / Creative Commons Making the transportation system more fuel efficient represents a huge opportunity to reduce national oil dependency and, according to most accounts—including a recent report from the Mobility Choice Coalition —can be accomplished with a few simple changes. The difficult part, of course, is making these simple ideas politically viable…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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If We Build High Speed Rail, Will People Use It?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on If We Build High Speed Rail, Will People Use It?

Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Is high-speed rail a good investment for Americans? That is what most leaders, political figures and advocates try to answer the majority of the time. Yet, that may be the wrong question. A better question is: would people use super fast public transit if it were built? According to A… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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When 9 MPG Can Save 100 Billion Gallons of Fuel

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on When 9 MPG Can Save 100 Billion Gallons of Fuel

Photo: Andrew Atzert , Flickr, CC An objective look at that number — 9 miles per gallon — will cause most environmentalists to recoil. But in this one case, they should be rooting for that fuel efficiency standard to become a reality. The EPA is considering updating the fuel economy standards for semis and heavy trucks. It’s currently at 6 MPG. And raising that number would have a massive impact on polluting emissions and fuel usage…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Google Earth Tour with Kofi Annan Puts Climate Change in Human Terms

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Google Earth Tour with Kofi Annan Puts Climate Change in Human Terms

Next up in a series of amazing Google Earth tours being revealed for COP16 in Cancun is “Coping with Climate Change” — a tour that puts the problem of climate change in human terms, not just with what will happen to the planet but what will happen to human society. The tour centers the perspective that climate change is a problem impacting everything from health care to security, from economics to mobility. Narrated by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, it is an incredibly enlightening 15 minutes. Watch the video after the jump…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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